The question is: How does the show get great guests?
Jews and Buchwald clients.

We all know how Gary books guests. Each week a bunch of publicists contact him with clients via email/answering machine.
Gary compiles a list to Howard. Howard weeds out a bunch of the guests. The rest is sent back to the "creative team" where they find out angles for the guests.

So in real world: Gary does nothing. And he have no time for it. He work 104 days a year/5 hours a day.

The reason why NO show can contact guests directly are that the agents then want to have a cut. An interview with an A lister cost 100K minimum if booked via agent. 100K is marbles Howard can't loose. He would be depressed for weeks when he only have 1.6999999 billion in his bank account. He maybe even would be thrown out from the Elders of Zion.

The question is: How does the show get great guests?
Jews and Buchwald clients.

We all know how Gary books guests. Each week a bunch of publicists contact him with clients via email/answering machine.
Gary compiles a list to Howard. Howard weeds out a bunch of the guests. The rest is sent back to the "creative team" where they find out angles for the guests.

So in real world: Gary does nothing. And he have no time for it. He work 104 days a year/5 hours a day.

The reason why NO show can contact guests directly are that the agents then want to have a cut. An interview with an A lister cost 100K minimum if booked via agent. 100K is marbles Howard can't loose. He would be depressed for weeks when he only have 1.6999999 billion in his bank account. He maybe even would be thrown out from the Elders of Zion.